Israeli forces expand control in Syria’s Quneitra area
Syrian media reports new fortifications and civilian detention during separate military incursion in southern province
QUNEITRA, Syria (MNTV) – Israeli forces established new military fortifications inside occupied Syrian territory in Quneitra province, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA, amid continuing military activity along the border region.
SANA reported that Israeli troops installed barriers and concrete fortifications on agricultural land west of the town of Al-Rafid, near the separation fence with the occupied Golan Heights.
According to the report, the structures were built along a route previously opened by Israeli forces and extend approximately 300 meters inside Syrian farmland.
In a separate incident earlier the same day, Syrian media said an Israeli military unit accompanied by four vehicles moved along the road connecting the village of Al-Muallaqa and the town of Ghadeer al-Bustan in the Quneitra countryside.
The force reportedly established a temporary checkpoint in the area and detained a civilian before later withdrawing.
Syrian media have reported frequent Israeli military incursions into southern Syria in recent months, including patrols, checkpoint operations, searches and arrests in communities near the border.
Tensions have remained high since the collapse of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024.
Following those developments, Israel announced that it no longer considered the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria to be in effect and subsequently deployed forces into the U.N.-monitored buffer zone.
Syria’s current authorities have repeatedly stated their commitment to the disengagement arrangement and have called for respect for Syrian sovereignty.
Israel has continued military operations and airstrikes inside Syrian territory, saying the actions are necessary for its security.
Syrian officials and local media, however, have condemned the operations as violations of Syrian territory and sovereignty, citing civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure.
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